I decided to make a regular blog of what I get up to in 2011 and decided to start off with what my main ambition is for 2011, get a job and what better place to start a blog of my 2011, then to talk about my first job interview of 2011.
I had just finished my internship at Hammersmith hospital and got a call from a company out of the blue saying they saw my CV, I forgot to ask where there found it but it today's climate I just wanted a job. It was a job for IT sales, over the phone for the first 3 months then you will be going out and about meeting clients.
I rejected it the first time they called as it sounded like another sales job and as much as I hated sales I knew I was no good at it. But I had a bit of time to think about it(plus when they called me I was half-asleep) and the more I thought about it, the more I thought I should give it a go, a job is hard to come by today and thought I should just go for it.
I called back and eased past the phone interview in 5 mins. I got the interview and was set to go.
I turned up on the day to expect a small group interview (I hated these for obvious reasons) but turned up to a group interview of 60 people!! It's difficult to impress in a group of 10, but a group of 60 it was near impossible. At the start they gave us a small introduction of what will happen during the day which was a small introduction to what the company looks for, a small 2 min presentation in front of everyone which included our name, star sign and our biggest achievement to date, next was a group task which the company wanted to see us have leadership then a one to one interview and then a 3 min presentation in front of 3 people which focused on why we wanted a job in sales and why we wanted to work for their company.
The introduction was basic, I then had to sit there for 2 and a half hours listening to people before I had my 5 mins of fame. It was boring and horrible and spent half the time sat there on twitter.
Next was the group task, 20 mins and 2 tasks (10 mins each task) first task involved team work with another group and showing leadership was impossible, I hate shouting over other people and that's what it came down to, I refuse to do it and trying to make a point was trying to heard in a football stadium. The next task was the same but involved 15 items and being stuck in a desert, I gave up and just sat back, I knew at this point the job wasn't mine and just decided to have a laugh for the rest of it with a few people I met.
The one to one interviews were basic questions, the presentation was simple, I went in there with no hope and came out the same, the company seemed a let down and I couldn't care less. What made it worse was that I was stuck in an interview for 7 and a half hours which made things worse. I spent the rest of the time playing games on my phone and in the end I was glad I didn't get the job, as the people that did and met, were proper t*ats and I'm sure didn't have any friends and didn't have a heart.
But the person I felt most sorry for was a girl who came all the way from Edinburgh for this interview when I only had a 10 min train journey and she didn't get the job. Times like this where I think I'm in a bad position and realise people are a lot worse off
The search continues........
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